by Fred Donovan | Jan 17, 2011 | Africa - Other, Air Reconnaissance, Americas - Other, Asia - Other, Boeing, Budgets, C4ISR, China, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Events, Fighters & Attack, Helicopters & Rotary, India, Israel, Issues - International, Japan, Other Corporation, Policy - Procurement, RAFAEL, Simulation & Training, Support & Maintenance, Think Tanks, Trucks & Transport, United Technologies, USA
* “Most Dangerous Week Ever”? * India’s foreign direct investment cap is crippling the Indian defense industry, argues Sushant Singh of the Takshashila Institution. * Israel Military Industries Ltd. (IMI) to merge with Rafael Advanced Defense Systems...
by Joe Katzman | Jan 17, 2011 | Britain/U.K., Contracts - Awards, Finmeccanica, Helicopters & Rotary, Logistics Innovations, Procurement Innovations, Support & Maintenance
RAF Merlin HC3(click to view full) Thales’ 2011-2016 IMOS sub-contract. (April 11/11) The United Kingdom has sustained extensive efforts to strike long-term, through-life support contracts for various weapons systems under a “contracting for...
by Joe Katzman | Jan 17, 2011 | Canada, Contracts - Awards, Helicopters & Rotary, Support & Maintenance, Textron
CH-146, Northwest Territories(click to view full) During a January 2011 visit to Bell Helicopter Textron Canada Ltd’s assembly line in Mirabel, QB, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced a 10-year, C$ 640 million (about $646 million, get used to this)...
by Joe Katzman | Jan 17, 2011 | Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Intent, Design Innovations, Germany, Guns - 20-59 mm direct, Other Corporation, Other Equipment - Land, Radars, Warfare - Trends
Latest updates: System handed from Army to Luftwaffe. Skyshield AHEAD(click to view full) Rheinmetall’s MANTIS C-RAM (Counter Rocket, Artillery, and Mortars) system is a further development of their Skyshield system. Also known by its German initials NBS...
